Metropolitan Museum of Art

Next time you hear someone complain about a magazine cover being digitally enhanced, try directing her to the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit “Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop“. It turns out monkeying with photos...

The month: November, 1968. The milestone: Naomi Sims became the first African-American model to appear on the cover of a mainstream women's publication, Ladies' Home Journal. The cover began what was to become Sims's legacy—that...